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MADRID Joejuan Williams Patriots Jersey , Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and some 20 others injured after a van rammed into crowd in the Spanish city of Barcelona, local media reported Thursday.


The Catalan regional police force Mossos d'Esquadra informed of the incident, which took place in the tourist area of the Ramblas, close to Plaza de Catalunya in the heart of the city at around 17:00 local time.


They reported in a tweet that a man aged in his mid 20s drove a white van into a crowd of people, "causing several injuries", while witnesses described the van drove into the crowd at around 80 kilometers an hour.


Large numbers of police and emergency services are now at the scene N'Keal Harry Patriots Jersey , which has been cordoned off, while early reports say the driver of the van is still at large after abandoning it and running away, with Spanish media reporting that he was thought to be armed.


Police have confirmed the crash a terrorist incident. They also asked people to avoid the zone in order to "not obstruct the work of emergency services".


Latest reports say that the suspect and another person are barricaded in a nearby restaurant, Restaurant Istanbul, and they have taken hostages.


The Catalan regional government, Generalitat Derek Rivers Youth Jersey , closed nearby metro and railway stations, while people in the area of the attack have been asked to stay where they are until the police can indicate an exit route.


Over 230 suspected jihadist terrorists have been arrested in Spain since the start of 2015.


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At 9.00 am last Sunday morning around 35,000 pairs of trainers prepared to pound the capital's streets in the Flora London Marathon.

At the same time, millions of people across 150 countries turned on their televisions, settled back with a cup of coffee and remain glued to the screen for the next three or four hours.

Why do so many people choose to put themselves through 26 miles 385 yards of physical and mental hell? And why do we want to watch them do it?

The first London Marathon took place in 1981, the result of a pub conversation over a few pints of bitter and the experience of the late Chris Brasher who had just run the New York City Marathon.

Brasher Malcom Brown Youth Jersey , an athlete and sports journalist, asked himself if London could host such a race: "We have the course . . . but do we have the heart and hospitality to welcome the world?"

Today the scale and success of one of the country's most anticipated annual sporting events would give Brasher his answer. The London Marathon is a winning combination of spectacular setting and human drama.

The bobbing, multi-coloured ribbon of people weaves its way through some of London's most iconic sites and outstanding architecture. Greenwich, Canary Wharf and Docklands, the City, the River Thames Joe Thuney Youth Jersey , Tower Bridge, the Embankment, Parliament Square, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and The Mall provide a suitably dramatic and beautiful backdrop to the stories of the thousands of individuals involved.

This year, 92 Deatrich Wise Jr. Youth Jersey ,000 hopefuls applied for a starting place on Blackheath. We're all impressed by the elite runners and wheelchair athletes with their two hour sprints along the course, but let's face it, we're much more interested in the real people.

These are the people who've spent months abstaining from booze and cakes, fundraising for their special charity and punishing themselves in training - all whilst holding down their normal job and home life. Applicants this year included 83 taxi drivers, 2,148 teachers Devin McCourty Youth Jersey , 383 secretaries, 95 pharmacists, 97 film makers, 586 builders and 405 accountants.

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